Campaigners Launch Fresh Legal Bid to Block Brockwell Park Festivals

Campaigners launch fresh legal bid to block Brockwell Park festivals

Lambeth Council approved a Certificate of Lawfulness less than 24 hours before Wide Awake opened its gates to revellers

With the ink barely dry on a new certificate that looks suspiciously like the one ruled unlawful, Protect Brockwell Park warns Lambeth: see you in court, again

As Wide Awake Festival gets underway in Brockwell Park on Friday, campaigners from Protect Brockwell Park have made clear that the legal battle surrounding Brockwell Live is far from finished – despite a last-minute approval from Lambeth Council that appears aimed at keeping the show on the road. With fewer than 24 hours before the festival gates opened on Friday, Lambeth approved a new certificate of lawfulness, granting Summer Events Ltd permi…

Park campaigners to fight on “on all fronts”

The Protect Brockwell Park campaign against large events in the park said tonight (22 May) that it would fight “on all fronts” a new certificate issued by Lambeth council allowing the Brockwell Live festivals to go ahead. Calling for more donations, it said: “This is the final push and we are confident”. It urged its […]